Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone. So, one of the things that [00:01] I endeavor to do on this channel is is [00:05] to really give you a comprehensive [00:07] understanding of what is going on in the [00:09] Middle East to And in order to do that, [00:12] sometimes we have to hold a magnifying [00:14] glass over one little piece of this [00:18] three- ring circus. Well, 12 ring [00:20] circus, this whole, you know, this whole [00:22] scene that's going on. So, what we're [00:23] going to focus on in this video is the [00:26] connection between the Houthis and the [00:28] Iraqi militias. Because right now, Saudi [00:31] Arabia is, of course, in this all-out [00:33] war against the Houthis. They've been [00:35] asking everyone for help. We've talked [00:36] about that war a lot. It's in the [00:38] headlines. It's one of the biggest [00:39] conflicts going on in the world. But [00:42] what we're going to focus in on is the [00:44] role that the Houthis are playing in [00:46] Iraq and the and uh with the Iraqi [00:49] militias there because it's kind of [00:50] coming to a head right now in some [00:52] recent headlines. So let's hit it. Iraq [00:55] condemns attacks on Saudi Arabia, [00:57] rejects use of its territory to target [01:00] the kingdom. Now this is all very nice [01:02] and good. Uh this is uh from this is [01:04] from today. Iraqi foreign minister Fouad [01:07] Hussein condemned the recent terrorist [01:09] attacks targeting areas of Saudi Arabia [01:12] reaffirming his government's rejection [01:13] of attacks on civilian and civilian [01:15] facilities civilians and civilian [01:17] facilities and its refusal to allow [01:19] Iraqi territory to be used as a [01:21] launching point for any attacks or [01:23] activities threatening the security of [01:25] the kingdom or other countries in the [01:27] region. Now, this is a lovely this is a [01:30] lovely sentiment because uh uh you know, [01:34] you know, we're saying we are rejecting [01:36] and we are opposed to all of this. Now, [01:38] we're going to get into this a little [01:39] bit more later in this video, but I want [01:41] to remind you that Iraq [01:44] Iraq is to Saudi Arabia [01:48] kind of like what Lebanon is to Israel [01:52] in this in one particular way. [01:56] Iraq is not officially a Shiite country, [01:59] but it kind of is because it's a [02:00] majority Shiite country and the Shiites [02:02] kind of control the government. Meaning [02:04] the Iranianbacked [02:06] Shiites faction in Iraq kind of has a [02:10] strangle hold on the country in this in [02:12] a similar way, but different. It's a [02:14] little different structure, but similar [02:16] to how and its Shiite uh allies in [02:21] Lebanon kind of have a strangle hold on [02:23] what is otherwise not officially a [02:24] Shiite country. [02:26] And we and so here we have this [02:28] statement of the uh Iraqi foreign [02:30] minister condemning the attacks. But [02:32] this is part of a series of statements [02:35] that have been made in the last few days [02:37] as we'll as we'll see. [02:40] Um, now let me also remind you or tell [02:43] you that last week about a just about [02:45] exactly a week ago, the Iraqi prime [02:48] minister was in Saudi Arabia for a visit [02:51] which was ostensibly for to talk about [02:54] trade and to talk about regional [02:56] security. But in the midst of of this [02:58] war that the Saudis are fighting where [03:00] the Saudis are in panic mode, meeting [03:02] with everyone they can trying to sort [03:04] out this hoot this Houthi problem, [03:07] that's not the time for like some [03:08] diplomatic summit between the prime [03:09] minister of Iraq and uh and and the [03:13] leadership in Saudi Arabia just, you [03:15] know, just to talk about regional [03:16] issues. Obviously, the prime minister of [03:19] Iraq was summoned to Saudi Arabia and [03:21] given a talking to and told to reign [03:23] them in. It's one of the narratives [03:24] we're going to follow in this story. [03:26] Iraq denies presence of Houthi bases on [03:29] its territory. Now, here we're going to [03:30] get into the comedy of it. This is from [03:32] today. Check this out. The Iraqi [03:35] government on Wednesday [03:37] denied that the Houthis had any bases in [03:40] Iraq. There are no known Houthi bases in [03:42] Iraq. There is no need for government [03:44] action or a decision on something that [03:45] does not exist. Government spokesperson [03:48] Haidar Alaboodi told the Iraqi news [03:51] agency. just completely denying that [03:53] there's any that that that they're [03:55] there. Meanwhile, [03:58] he didn't just deny that there's any [04:00] bases. Check this story out. This is [04:02] from yesterday. Iraqi Prime Minister Al- [04:06] Zahedi has ordered the closure of [04:09] offices belonging to the Iran aligned [04:11] Houthi movement in Iraq, Iraqi [04:13] government sources told NBN on [04:15] Wednesday. The order also calls for the [04:17] expulsion of any UI figures who are [04:20] active alongside armed factions and in [04:22] the country illegally, the sources said, [04:25] who were granted anonymity because they [04:27] were not authorized to speak to the [04:28] media. [04:30] NBS was uh MBN, sorry, that's the name [04:32] of this news outlet, was unable to [04:34] review the text of the order. Iraqi [04:36] government spokesman Haidar Alaboodi, [04:37] that's the same guy we just quoted here, [04:39] saying that there are no bases in Iraq. [04:42] So, what what does he say here? He told [04:45] MBN there are no offices in Iraq [04:47] belonging to the affforementioned group [04:49] belonging to the Houthis and there's no [04:51] need to issue government decision to [04:52] that effect since the matter has no [04:54] basis in the first place. [04:57] In March 2025 [04:59] about a year and a half ago, the Iraqi [05:02] government denied that the Houthis were [05:03] active in Baghdad following reports that [05:06] the group's offices in the capital had [05:07] been closed. [05:11] However, on September 16th, Jam just [05:15] last month, Jamal Alari, secretary [05:17] general of the Iraqi National Project, a [05:19] Sunni party in that has one seat in [05:23] Iraq's uh uh in Iraq's parliament, urged [05:25] the prime minister to close Houthi [05:28] offices after Saudi Arabia accused the [05:30] group of targeting Mecca with a drone. [05:32] But Akquil al-Radini, spokesman for the [05:35] former prime minister Hyder alabad's [05:37] victory coalition, [05:40] which belonged to the Shiite [05:42] Coordination Framework, [05:44] said the framework would not close the [05:46] Houthi office in Baghdad at Washington's [05:49] request [05:51] and that the decision rested with the [05:52] government. Notice his name, Haidar [05:55] Alabadi. [05:58] Hyderalabudi. Is that the same guy? I [06:00] don't know. [06:02] The framework, which includes parties [06:05] and armed factions with close ties to [06:07] Iran, nominated al- Zidi as its [06:10] consensus candidate for prime minister [06:11] in April. Let me explain this this [06:15] insanity here. [06:17] There is a group of political parties in [06:20] Iraq that are all Shiite [06:22] and that are all kind of aligned with [06:24] Iran. [06:27] They have a coalition in the government [06:30] that is called the Shiite Coordination [06:34] Framework. That framework, that group [06:38] is they basically control the Iraqi [06:41] parliament. They kind of control the [06:42] government. So they decide who the prime [06:45] minister is going to be. They're the [06:47] kingmakers. And they wanted their guy to [06:50] be prime minister who was who was uh [06:53] allied with the Iranian regime. Trump [06:56] blew a fit. [06:58] So they backed off of that. Trump [07:01] basically said, "No way you're not doing [07:02] that." Remember, the Americans had had a [07:04] huge until a couple weeks ago had a huge [07:06] presence in Iraq and have a lot of [07:08] influence and control Iraqi all Iraqi [07:10] oil trade. They control a lot of Iraq [07:14] or they try to. [07:17] Trump said, "You're not appointing that [07:18] guy." Okay. So they went ahead and [07:20] appointed this guy Zidi who was [07:23] acceptable to them and acceptable to the [07:26] Americans. Al- Zidi, you might remember [07:27] he visited the White House a few months [07:29] ago, but he is completely beholden to [07:33] these pro-Iranian Shiite factions in the [07:35] government. [07:37] So on the one hand, they're denying that [07:38] there's any Houthi presence there. On [07:40] the other hand, there are Houthi offices [07:42] there. And this is from a few weeks [07:43] back. Houthis embedded with Iranbacked [07:46] militias across Iraq. Intelligence [07:48] sources say the Houthi movement has [07:51] maintained a representative office in [07:53] Baghdad since June 2024 while Yemen's [07:56] internationally recognized government [07:57] maintains an embassy in the Iraqi [07:59] capital. So the Houthis meaning the the [08:02] internationally recognized government of [08:03] Yemen and of Yemen has an embassy in [08:05] Baghdad. But at the same time the [08:07] Houthis have their own office in [08:08] Baghdad. Lemonesah and Iran's Islamic [08:12] Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, [08:14] both also designated as terrorist [08:16] organizations, have been involved in [08:17] organizing the Houthi drone and missile [08:19] network with Iraqi factions. According [08:22] to the sources, [08:25] an IRGC official known as Hamemed [08:29] and um and assigned to Iraq directly [08:32] overseas part of the activity, they [08:34] said. More recently, he uh he added, [08:37] this guy they're talking to added, "The [08:38] Houthis had a hand in the attack on the [08:40] East West pipeline in Saudi Arabia." [08:43] Back in September, you might remember [08:45] there was an attack on the oil pipeline, [08:48] the East West oil pipeline that brings [08:49] oil from Saudi Arabia's oil fields in [08:52] the eastern part of the country all the [08:54] way across to their port at Yanbu on the [08:57] Red Sea coast. And that pipeline was [09:00] attacked. It was badly damaged and had [09:02] to be shut down for a while. And it was [09:04] attacked from Iraq and the and the [09:07] Saudis called out the Iraq on it. And [09:09] Iraqis said, "Oh, oh, oh, this is [09:11] terrible. You know, these are militias. [09:12] We're you know, we're going to reign [09:14] them in." [09:16] And then a few weeks later, we have this [09:18] visit of Zidi to Saudi Arabia. And now [09:21] this announcement that uh you know, we [09:23] condemn the attacks and uh this [09:25] announcement that they're going to close [09:27] that they that they're going to order [09:28] the the closure of the Houthi offices. [09:32] Now, just a little bit of background, a [09:33] couple historical notes. This is from [09:36] two years ago, two plus years ago. [09:38] Houthi missile forces colonel killed at [09:40] Iraqi government base. [09:43] On July 30th, and this is July 30th, [09:45] 2024, US forces struck a terrorist cell [09:48] in Iraq. [09:50] An enclave of the Iranbacked Katibbalah [09:54] located just south of Baghdad. The [09:56] Defense Department confirmed that the [09:57] cell was hit while attempting to launch [09:59] a drone. [10:01] Katzbah Iraqibah announced that four of [10:04] its members were killed in the strike. [10:05] Another revealing aspect of the strike [10:07] was the death of a mid-level Houthi [10:09] commander alongside the Iraqi militia [10:12] men and this Houthi commander Hussein [10:15] Abdullah Matsur al-Shabal was a member [10:17] of the group uh of of of he was a Houthi [10:20] and it turns out he was like a drone and [10:21] missile expert. Okay, this is from [10:23] that's from two years ago and this is [10:25] from a few months back. This is from [10:26] July. Houthi leader killed in US Saudi [10:29] strikes in Iraq. Muhammad Khaled [10:32] Allayashi, commander of Yemen's Houthi [10:34] movement, a commander in the Houthi [10:37] movement was killed on July 29th on the [10:40] site of Iraq's PMF. Now, the PMF, the [10:43] Popular Mobilization Forces, is [10:47] and this is a little crazy. This is a [10:50] group of militias, [10:52] a group of a group of of groups, a group [10:54] of militias, most of which are backed by [10:59] Iran and aligned with Iran. But this was [11:02] born out of, remember, the the Iranian [11:04] Shiite militias, the Shiite militias, [11:06] the pro-Iranian Shiite militias took [11:08] part in the war against ISIS. So they [11:10] were actually fighting alongside the [11:12] Americans to defeat ISIS. After the dust [11:16] settled on all that, they refused to put [11:18] down their weapons and they became [11:20] absorbed into the Iraqi security [11:22] apparatus in this thing called the PMF. [11:26] They actually get paid by the Iraqi [11:28] government by US taxpayer dollars [11:31] actually. [11:33] So you actually have this PMF which has [11:36] Iranianbacked militias within it that's [11:38] sort of part of the security apparatus [11:40] of the Iraqi state and a Houthi [11:43] commander was killed in a US air strike [11:47] on on the PMF. Now you might wonder why [11:50] is America bombing the PMF if they also [11:52] pay them. Well that's part of the mess [11:54] of Iraq because the US pays the Iraqi [11:56] government for it security services. The [11:58] Iraqi government then has these other [12:00] militias that they've tried that they've [12:01] tried to co-op into the security [12:03] services that are part of the PMF. So, [12:05] they're getting paid by the government, [12:06] but they're actually pro-Iranian. It's [12:08] crazy. Allayi died alongside several [12:11] advisers from the IRGC in Baghdad in in [12:15] I'm sorry, not in Baghdad, in in Iraq. [12:18] Okay, so that's just a little bit of [12:19] historical background to this whole [12:20] thing. Iraq imposes restrictions on [12:22] Houthi's Baghdad office. This is from uh [12:25] two days ago. So, and this is different [12:28] than the closure of the offices. They're [12:30] also they also uh imposed restrictions [12:33] on the Houthis who are in the country [12:34] from having meetings. Look, a senior [12:36] official told the uh of the office of [12:39] Prime Minister Zidi said the directive [12:40] imposed a comprehensive ban on Houthis [12:43] Houthi members in Iraq, holding [12:45] meetings, organizing press conferences [12:47] and seminars, moving outside the limits [12:49] permitted under the country's residency [12:51] laws. Um they're not allowed to conduct [12:54] any activities. Okay. So there. So what [12:56] is all this about? Obviously, let's [12:59] follow the timeline. We have an attack [13:00] from Iraq on the on the Saudi pipeline. [13:04] Few weeks later, Iraqi prime minister is [13:07] in Saudi Arabia. And now we have all [13:10] these announcements condemning attacks [13:12] from from uh from Iraq and announcing [13:15] the closure of the Houthi offices and [13:17] the restrictions on the behavior of the [13:19] Houthis in Iraq [13:21] and denials from the Shiite side that [13:23] there is any such thing. Saudi and Iraqi [13:26] foreign ministers discuss expanding [13:28] security cooperation amid Houthi [13:30] attacks. This is from today just more [13:33] you see this is ramping up. Let me [13:39] let me tell you what I think is going [13:40] on. I think it's pretty obvious. [13:45] The Saudis are trying to solve this [13:47] Houthi problem. They're they're in an [13:48] allout war against the Houthis. We know [13:50] that they've been looking for help [13:52] everywhere they can. And I think what's [13:54] happened is they they what we're seeing [13:57] here in these headlines is the Saudis [13:59] leaning on the Iraqis to re in [14:03] the Houthi operatives in their country, [14:06] but basically to re in the pro-Iranian [14:09] militias that are helping the Houthis. [14:12] We also see here that our understanding [14:15] of how the proxy network, how Iran's [14:17] proxy network works, is not [snorts] [14:19] what we sometimes think. We the Iranians [14:22] work very hard to [14:25] project the the idea the image that [14:29] these that while they have these allies [14:32] these proxies likeah and the Houthis and [14:35] Iraqi militias they're just allies who [14:37] work with them and support them but the [14:40] extent of the cooperation [14:42] and the direction of all of you know the [14:47] coordination of all these proxies [14:50] We sometimes forget how connected they [14:53] are. And here we're seeing that there's [14:55] IRGC guys and Houthi guys. They're in [14:57] Iraq. They're working with the [14:58] Katzbollah guys. Going back a couple [15:00] years, we see that that a Houthi drone [15:03] and missile expert officer is is killed [15:07] in an air strike in Iraq. So the Houthis [15:10] and the Iraqi militias are really [15:12] working together in a very comprehensive [15:14] way. [15:16] Um, and then of course, and then you see [15:18] a headline like I mentioned the other [15:20] day where the Iranians are offering to [15:22] mediate the dispute between the Houthis [15:24] and the Saudis, which is just laughable. [15:27] Um, so yeah. So, so this conversation, [15:29] this this is a headline from today and [15:31] meaning a day after or two days after [15:34] they announce that they're that they're [15:37] reigning in the Houthis, that they're [15:38] shutting down the Houthi office and one [15:41] day after the same foreign minister is [15:43] condemning the attacks. They now have a [15:47] phone call to discuss security [15:49] cooperation. It doesn't mention the [15:50] Houthis explicitly in the news item, but [15:53] just re, you know, they're going they [15:55] they spoke today, Thursday, to address [15:58] security cooperation, to address [16:00] regional threats. Meanwhile, check out [16:03] this reports from Yemen alleged that [16:06] Iraqi PMF officer Ahmed Awad Kazam Alami [16:11] was killed on the front line fighting [16:13] alongside the Houthis in Tais. So here [16:17] it's the other way. This isn't Houthis [16:18] in Iraq. This is an Iraqi militia [16:21] leader, [16:22] an officer from the PMF, from those [16:25] militias, those Iranbacked militias in [16:26] Iraq who get paid by the Americans. [16:29] Crazily enough, he's this guy is killed [16:33] in Yemen fighting with the Houthis. [16:37] Accounts in Iraq state that he died in [16:38] an unfortunate accident while [16:40] celebrating him as a martyr. Iraqi [16:42] factions, faction deployments and [16:44] advisory roles in Yemen, as well as [16:46] Houthi presence in Iraq are all part of [16:48] the Axis of resistance coordination. And [16:51] I I'll I'll remind you of this one. This [16:52] goes back more than a month. This is [16:54] from September. Secret Houthi Iraqi [16:57] militia pipeline for operations against [16:59] Saudi Arabia revealed. This is an AP [17:01] story. Regional officials have told the [17:05] Associated Press that Yemen's Houthis [17:07] helped Iraqi militias plan and execute a [17:11] two-day swarm of drone attacks on Saudi [17:14] oil facilities in July, [17:17] revealing a new level of coordination [17:19] between the Iranbacked groups operating [17:21] in Yemen and Iraq. Saudi Arabia and the [17:23] United States bombed Iranbacked militias [17:26] in Iraq in July after blaming them for [17:29] drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities [17:31] claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, [17:33] another Iranian ally. Regional officials [17:35] and experts now say the cooperation [17:37] reflects an effort by Iran to use armed [17:39] groups in Iraq and Yemen to threaten [17:41] Saudi Arabia and other US allies in the [17:43] Gulf and increase the costs of the war [17:45] launched by the US and Israel in [17:47] February. The coordination runs pretty [17:50] deep. And here, this is from today, [17:54] amidst all of this going on, a couple [17:56] days after the prime minister of Iraq [17:59] announces that we're we're closing down, [18:01] we're shutting down the Houthi bases. [18:03] We're shutting down the Houthi offices. [18:05] We're reigning them in. We're condemn [18:06] the foreign minister is condemning the [18:08] attacks. Saudi Arabia intercepts more [18:11] drones from Iraq, sources tell MBN. [18:16] Saudi Arabia has intercepted several [18:18] drones launched from Iraq territory. [18:21] In recent weeks, despite repeated [18:22] warnings to Baghdad and pledges from [18:24] Iraqi leaders to prevent attacks on the [18:26] kingdom from their territory, [18:30] Saudi security sources told NBN on [18:33] Thursday. Now, let's let's let's [18:36] understand what we're seeing here. We're [18:38] seeing that the headline said the [18:41] headline made it seem like these drone [18:42] attacks happened today, but they didn't. [18:44] Says they've happened over the last [18:45] couple weeks. So a Saudi a source in [18:49] Saudi security, remember this is not a [18:52] free country, a source in Saudi security [18:55] told this news outlet today [18:59] that Saudi Arabia has intercepted [19:01] several drones launched in recent weeks [19:04] from Iraq [19:06] despite pledges from Iraqi leaders to [19:08] prevent them. In other words, this is [19:10] also a piece of messaging by the Saudis [19:12] leaning putting more pressure by putting [19:15] this statement out by putting this news [19:16] item out here, putting more pressure on [19:18] the Iraqis, saying, "Listen, we've been [19:20] hit by drones by you guys over the last [19:22] few weeks." According to the Saudi [19:24] source, drones launched from Iraq over [19:26] the past 20 days attempted to strike [19:29] strategic sites in the kingdom. [19:32] The source did not identify the party [19:33] responsible for the attacks. If it's [19:35] over the past 20 days, you know what [19:36] that means? That means that the drone [19:38] attacks coming from Iraq to Saudi Arabia [19:40] that we're talking about here are after [19:42] the bombing of the East West pipeline [19:45] after which the Saudi the Iraqi prime [19:47] minister said, "Oh, we're going to reign [19:48] in we're going to reign this in." So you [19:50] put it all together, the Saudis are fed [19:52] up. [19:54] And that's why I said earlier the Saudis [19:56] have Israel's Lebanon problem is is the [20:00] problem the Saudis have in Iraq. And [20:02] it's very similar in the same way that [20:05] officially the Lebanese government is [20:07] opposed toah and we condemnah and we're [20:10] not behind them and they're and we have [20:12] to reign them in and we're going to [20:13] disarm them. And really they're part of [20:15] the government and they can and and from [20:17] Israel's perspective you say hey we're [20:20] getting attacked from your territory. [20:23] This is your problem. Deal with it. The [20:26] Saudis have the same problem now with [20:28] Iraq. That's what's happening here. [20:30] these Iraqi militias that are backed by [20:33] the Iranians, but also backed by the [20:35] ruling faction in the parliament in Iraq [20:39] who says that they refuse to close down [20:41] the Houthi operations there while also [20:44] denying they exist, strangely enough. [20:48] And meanwhile, the Saudis are getting [20:49] fed up. [20:51] That's what the meeting with this with [20:53] the Iraqi prime minister last week was [20:55] about and and then a conversation today [20:59] with the Iraqi foreign minister. They're [21:01] basically saying to them and they're [21:03] using the media for for some of this. [21:05] You better reign this in. [21:09] Meanwhile, [21:11] meanwhile, I wonder what role the [21:14] Israelis have. You see, one of the [21:16] things we've talked about, it's been [21:19] mentioned a lot in media over the last [21:20] few weeks is that the Saudis, the whole [21:23] question of the Saudis getting Israeli [21:24] help. You know, how the Saudis have [21:26] denied that they asked the Israelis for [21:27] help and they don't want Israeli help in [21:30] dealing with the Houthis. But then you [21:32] have uh President Trump being asked [21:34] about the Saudis, he was asked last [21:36] week, should the Saudis accept Israeli [21:38] help? And in Trump's answer, he said, [21:40] "The Saudis have been receiving Israeli [21:42] help and they're grateful for it and [21:44] they should accept more of it." [21:46] And that kind of like went under the [21:48] radar like, "Wait a second. Trump said [21:49] that the Saudis have already been [21:51] accepting Israeli help." [21:55] And it would make sense considering what [21:57] we know that the Israelis would be [21:59] helping the Saudis, but in a way that's [22:01] kind of under the radar. It's what the [22:02] Israelis do. And check this out. [22:05] Mysterious explosion hits Baghdad, [22:07] injuring soldiers from Iranianbacked [22:09] militias in Iraq. No one knows how it [22:11] happened. No one knows who did it. A [22:14] mysterious explosion has struck an [22:15] ammunition depot of the PMF in Baghdad. [22:20] And they it killed a few uh this [22:23] mysterious explosion killed I think four [22:25] members of an Iranianbacked group. No [22:28] one knows what caused it four days ago. [22:30] And then we have this this is from two [22:33] days ago. Assassination attempt targets [22:35] PMF brigade commander Intu's Kurmatu. A [22:38] failed assassination attempt targeted [22:40] the commander of Brigade 63 of the PMF [22:43] Salakadin province in Iraq. Now, not all [22:45] of the PMF is backed by Iran, but [22:47] Brigade 63. I looked it up. Brigade 63. [22:50] This is a wonderful website called the [22:52] CMST, the Center for Monitoring Security [22:55] Threats. Has a lot of great information [22:57] on it. The 63rd Brigade of the PMF. [23:00] Here's its leader. Here's it operates in [23:02] Iraq. [23:04] financial source, Iran. Weapon source, [23:06] Iran. This is an Iranian militia. This [23:09] is an Iranian proxy in Iraq. That there [23:12] was a mysterious assassination attempt [23:15] two days ago on the leader, the [23:17] commander of that brigade. No one knows [23:19] who did it. [23:22] Look, one way or another, Saudi Arabia [23:26] uh needs to deal with its problem. It's [23:29] problem of the Houthis. problem of the [23:31] militias in Iraq that are that are [23:34] participating and the Iraqi government [23:36] is behaving much like the Lebanese [23:38] government withah. They're saying all [23:40] the right things, claiming they're going [23:41] to reign them in, issuing proclamations [23:43] and trying little things like closing an [23:46] office or putting some restrictions, but [23:47] not doing the real thing they need to [23:49] do, which is disarm them because they [23:51] really can't. [23:54] Only in Iraq, the situation is even [23:55] worse than in Lebanon, if you could [23:56] believe that. Because Iraq is actually a [23:58] Shiite majority country. [24:03] So, how's that going to work out? We'll [24:05] see where this Iraqi Saudi relationship [24:07] goes. It should get more interesting. [24:10] Anyway, before I let you go, we have a [24:12] big webinar coming up on Sunday. Uh, as [24:15] with all our webinars, whether you can [24:16] make it at the time or not, you should [24:18] still register because as long as you [24:20] register, you will receive an email [24:22] where you could watch the whole webinar [24:23] on your own time, but live the webinar [24:26] will be at 2 p.m. Eastern time on [24:28] Sunday. That's 8:00 p.m. in Israel. It's [24:30] a 6-hour difference because Israel is [24:32] changing its clocks and the United [24:33] States is not. So, 2 p.m. Eastern time, [24:36] 8:00 p.m. in Israel. This coming Sunday, [24:38] uh, fantastic webinar about the upcoming [24:40] elections in the US and Israel and their [24:42] implications for the Middle East. [24:44] And we have a great panel. Dr. Gotti [24:46] Taub [24:48] uh who is uh one of the leading [24:51] public figures uh [24:54] what's the word public intellectuals and [24:56] he's a professor at Hebrew University. [24:58] He's fantastic. He's going to be with [25:00] us. Mark Zel, chairman of the GOP in [25:02] Israel. Jonathan Shanzer, executive [25:05] director of the Foundation for Defense [25:07] of Democracies. Will Chamberlain, that's [25:09] Will Chamberlain from the Article 3 [25:12] Project, who's a very important young [25:14] political commentator in America, and [25:16] Dr. AJ Noli, who is a professor at the [25:20] School of Government, the Robertson [25:21] School of Government at Regent [25:22] University. They're all going to be [25:24] joining us. It's going to be a fantastic [25:25] webinar. 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